MAP05: E1M5: Futility (The Magenta Spire)

MAP05: E1M5: Futility is the fifth map of The Magenta Spire. It was designed by Cole Bryden (thelamp) and uses the music track "The Demons from Adrian's Pen," originally composed by Robert Prince for Doom.

Secrets

 * 1) Head southeast from the start until you find a computer terminal wall. Lower it, climb the steps to the left, then jump to the megaarmor to the north. (sector 1448)
 * 2) In the center of the outdoor area, ride a lift to the top, then drop off to the left to get boxes of rockets and a megacharge. (sector 1757)
 * 3) In the center of the outdoor area, ride a lift to the top and climb the remaining steps to the northeast to get a soul sphere. (sector 828)
 * 4) From Secret #3, drop to the walkway to the east, then go east and then northeast to the walkway with armor bonuses. To the east is a backpack and a computer area map. (sector 1574)
 * 5) At the northeast part of the outdoor area, find a waterfall and lower it for a megaarmor and a box of shotgun shells. (sector 1414)
 * 6) In the hall west of the yellow key room, shooting the wire above the big skull switch opens the door to the yellow key room. (sector 18)
 * 7) In the central moat of the outdoor area, take the southwest lift up, then head to the fire wall to the south. Lower it to get armor bonuses and a super shotgun. (sector 65)
 * 8) From Secret #7, head north and flip the switch. Quickly head east, drop to the north, then onto a small platform to the left to get this secret. (sector 134)

Bugs
An armor bonus (Thing 502) has no flags set for any of the three difficulty classes, so it does not actually appear in the level.

Current records
The records for the map at the Doom Speed Demo Archive are:

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on March 23, 2023.

Things
This level contains the following numbers of things per skill level: